@The_Nintendo_Expat The lightgun genre really needs to come back. The Timecrisis cab also comes with Point Blank and Steel Gunner. Its Sinden tech and largely accurate (Wii accurate ish). The CRT was a bargain at £50 a couple of months ago. No fake scan lines here 😀
I only have 1 basic setup that's permanent on my bedroom.
A 40'' Samsung Smart TV with a Hyundai Soundbar (cannot remember the exact models for each, will check that out later) with a Wii U to the left and a Nintendo Switch to the right currently hooked to it.
If I feel in the mood, I set up on a separate small table my Nintendo 64 or Gamecube via a N64 to HDMI adapter and long HDMI cable. In fact, the latter is currently set up.
Not the best if you want a crispy image, but it does the job just fine for what I want, which is to actually play the games.
My Wii would also have some action if it weren't for the fact that it's busted.
I have a 32'' CRT TV in an unused room but I haven't used it in about 13 1/2 years. If possible, I'd like to change it for a smaller CRT, then my non-HD systems would go there. That CRT is probably the third heaviest thing in my house.
In my office:
PC hooked up to 3 monitors, 2 are ultrawides, main one is an alienware OLED.
Switch 2 dock connects to one of my PC's capture cards and then goes to the main monitor, I just switch it to HDMI when I want to play on my switch.
I don't usually keep all my controllers at my desk because it's cluttered with hi-chew wrappers, I have a shelf on the other side of the room with my controllers on it. Just the switch 2 pro con lives at the desk.
Really uncomfortable office chair that desperately needs replacing
Bedroom:
Samsung QLED 4K TV mounted extra high so I can see it comfortably while laying in bed (really amazing picture but the menu absolutely sucks and it always defaults my switch 2 to the really low latency non-gaming mode)
Bedside table with a drawer that usually either contains my switch 2 or my GPD win mini
Maybe if I can be bothered tidying up my office I'll post a photo
I used to have a CRT a few years back but it started making a really nasty burning smell so I threw it out, my retro home consoles have sat unused ever since
Plan on upgrading to a smaller glossy 55" QD-OLED TV(Samsung S90F - 2025) in the next couple of months. For now, I've got an older 2021 65" LG C1 OLED......And ya, I'm just not a fan of it's WOLED color, at all, compared to my past Plasmas or modern QD Mini-LED's & QD-OLED's. The C1's shadow detail crushing is just rough & it has a surprisingly dim SDR game mode compared to my previous LG C9 which was much brighter.
That QD-OLED can't come soon enough! Anyways, my C1 is paired with a NS1, PS5(Which rarely gets used outiside of the odd VR session), a DAC/Amp which i use with my Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro X Headphones(I plan on getting a pair of Sennheiser HD 550 open backs to replace them.), Panasonic 4K Blu-ray Player, along with a PSVR2 & Quest 3.
I plan on getting the Steam Frame at launch, and a PC(5070 Ti), selling my PSVR2 and just keeping the Quest 3 for another year or so, for mixed reality-related stuff, Online Shopping ( ), exclusive apps like Theatre Elsewhere(etc) and then finally replacing that with the Quest Air(110g light, with Small slim VisorGlasses-like design using a tethered puck housing the compute power & battery, which is mainly MR focused) which won't be getting a release until some time in 2027.
Also have a 27" Sony WEGA CRT Trinitron(From the mid 2000's) specifically for VHS, and earlier SD Retro Consoles like with the 8-16 bit generations. basically, nearly everything before Dreamcast, and I say that because i feel like you need to go 32"(4:3) for DC up until the Wii to get the most out of the later SD Consoles. But my CRT is currently in a closet. I'll bust it out every now and then if I'm feeling nostalgiac or if I'm itching to play an older SD Title I've never experienced before, but eh. I just don't want two TV's constantly hoarding up my living room space, nor do i want a CRT hooked up in my bedroom. If I had more space I'd probably have a section for a dedicated retro set up. But the reality is, how long can I do that before it eventually gets stale?
I love CRT's, and retro gaming. But there's almost a sadness that can linger along aside with it. Playing on old dead consoles, controllers, cartrdiges and on an old CRT, as amazing as it is for an authentic looking and latency free experience just makes you feel disconnected since they're decades old. I don't get a sense or feeling of being unified compared to playing Switch or whatever.
What can I say, nostalgia can be both wonderful and depressing. It's never the same. Trying to recapture that nostalgia and how it all once was, is impossible. And getting trapped in the past(As much of an 80's & 90's feen as I am,) can possibly throw you in a state of depression and take away from the new memories you could be making right now, in the now. Because all we have IS the now. Looking back fondly at those awesome chidlhood, teenage and younger adult gaming memories, will always beat/destroy re-experiencing the same exact games decades later. Most of the time, the magic is just gone. Can't recreate that once perfect storm for numerous reasons. Those amazing experiences that you had with the people that were in your life that may no longer be with you or even here anymore, just your youth, just how pop culture was, when we were living in the now, back during the late 80's & 90's etc. It's all in the past and it's never coming back 100%.
And even though CRT is the holy grail in terms of motion clarity, while having zero lag and that legit authentic CRT look that most CRT filters rarely come close to replicating, i still get a big kick out of playing older games on modern Displays. Why? because that 'CRT' disconnect vanishes. I would almost just rather connect NEW FPGA based SD Consoles to my main future QD-OLED set up, with new wired controllers, with good CRT filter settings and the ability to manually shrink down the image, similar to what you can do with Arcade Archives.
I guess it's just neat and fun to compare retro on both CRT & Modern setups. Both have their pro's and cons after all.
Anyways! Here's my dream set up >
65" Glossy 'QD'-OLED - (Samsing S90F - 2025) + a RetroTINK4K Scaler
4K Panasonic Blu-ray Player
Switch 2
PC (5080)
Steam Frame + PCVR
What can I say, I just don't really care all that much about 'flat' PlayStation exclusives, nor can i stand the lower Symetrical Stick layout and terrible D-pad. it's like, ya, PS5 Pro with PSSR2 could be nice, but I'm still stuck playing with the DuelSense and PSVR2 exclusives are no longer a thing. Better off investing in a PC and just getting over those lumpy barriers at this point. If we get a PSVR3 for PS6, than I'm totally down day one. But for now, Switch 2 & PC(VR + PCVR) is a much better alternative in my shoes. Plus, Steam Frame has the ability to reinforce stereoscopic 3D into any flat game you throw at it.
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